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Author:

Gross, Andrew, 1952- author.

Title:

Button man /

Edition:

First.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

371 pages ; HARDCOVER LP ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Jewish families--New York--New York--Fiction.
Organized crime--New York--New York--Fiction.
Clothing trade--New York--New York--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction/Historical --Large Print--Large Print

Other Authors:

Gross, Andrew,

Summary:

Morris, Sol, and Harry Rabinowitz grew up poor but happy in a tiny flat on the Lower East Side, until the death of their father thrust them into having to fend for themselves and support their large family. Morris apprenticed himself at twelve years old to a garment cutter in a clothing factory; Sol headed to college and became an accountant; and Harry, the youngest, fell in with a gang as a teenager and cant escape. Morris steadily climbs through the ranks at the factory until hes running the place and buys out the owner, and Sol comes to work with him. But Harry cant be lured away from the glamour, the power, and the money that comes from working for mobster Louis Buchalter, an old bully from the neighborhood. And when Louis sets his sights on the unions that staff the garment makers factories, a fatal showdown is inevitable, and puts brother against brother.
This new novel is equal parts historical thriller, rich with the detail of a vibrant New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, and family saga, based in part on Andrew Grosss family history, and will cement his reputation as todays most atmospheric and original historical thriller writer.

ISBN:

1643580442
9781643580449

Locations:

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)